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Nicholas Breton
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“I wish my deadly foe, no worse Than want of friends, and empty purse.”
Nicholas Breton (1545–1626) first seen 1577 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Farewell to Town", st. 3, in The Works of a Young Wit (1577)
“In the merry month of May, In a morn by break of day, Forth I walk’d by the wood-side Whenas May was in his pride: There I spièd all alone Phillida and Coridon.”
Nicholas Breton (1545–1626) first seen 1591 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Elvetham Entertainment (1591), England’s Helicon (1600), Este’s Madrigals (1604)
“Come little babe, come silly soul, Thy father’s shame, thy mother’s grief, Born as I doubt to all our dole, And to thyself unhappy chief: Sing lullaby, and lap it warm, Poor soul that thinks no creature harm.”
Nicholas Breton (1545–1626) first seen 1597 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Cradle Song", st. 1, in The Arbor of Amorous Devices (1597)
“We rise with the lark and go to bed with the lamb.”
Nicholas Breton (1545–1626) first seen 1618 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Court and Country (1618), para. 8